Milk volume from birth (for the breastfed baby) (pdf, 21 KB)
Milk volume for breastfed babies, if it is to be given other
than “straight from the breast”
should be calculated by age, not weight. This chart can also be used in conjunction with "What's in a Nappy?" and
the "Breastfeeding assessment form" on the breastfeeding page.(OPST)

Successful breastfeeding (pdf, 500 KB)
The booklet written for and given to all breastfeeding mothers who delivered
in the women’s centre, Oxford. This version accessed May 2014.

Cleaning breast pump kits (pdf, 60 KB)
The guidance given to all mothers expressing milk for their baby, who delivered
in the women’s centre, Oxford. This version accessed April 2013.
(OPST)

Thrush diagnosis and treatment. (Full document) (pdf, 187 KB)
There is currently no reliable clinical definition of thrush in either the mother or baby, so the "diagnosis" is made on both
the signs and symptoms and by exclusion of other causes. Current evidence-based treatment is detailed, and prevention of recurrence is discussed.

Breastfeeding Assessment tool_1 (OUH version)(pdf, 90 KB)
This is the tool that was devised for use in the Women’s centre, Oxford.
Tools 1 & 2 were designed to go on each side of A4, and were originally
laminated for community staff to carry with them when doing postnatal visits.
(OPST)

Clinic Checklist (pdf, 51 KB)
This is the booklet that was used as a shorthand for mothers to identify
the problem(s) that had brought them to the clinic,
and for those helping them to summarise the aspects
to which they felt the mother needed to pay particular attention
in order to remedy the problem.
It also served as a written record for the mother to take away,
and to show other health professionals providing her with help and support,
in the hope that it would reduce conflicting advice.

Welcome

This site has been set up to share much of the material that was generated by the specialist midwives at the Oxford Breastfeeding Clinic,
between 1991 and 2013.
The Clinic, a level 3 service provided within the John Radcliffe Maternity Hospital of the Oxford University Hospital Trust,
began in 1991, when it was set up by Chloe Fisher.
Working alongside her from 1993 onwards was Sally Inch, who took over Chloe’s Infant Feeding Specialist
post in 1997. The pair continued to work together to provide the service until 2013.* In this they were assisted by a succession of “volunteers”, without whose enthusiasm, dedication and expertise, the clinic could not have functioned.
(The current status of the service can be viewed at: www.ouh.nhs.uk/infantfeeding)
The OBC Legacy site also provides, from the tabs across the top, access to a variety of other resources that may be useful to those who are currently feeding their baby, and to those supporting them.
Some of these resources are already in the public domain but collected here for ease of access; others are available for the first time.
The site is a work in progress, and will be added to and modified over time.